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259 speakers
Aaron Bilyeu
Chief Development Officer
Cloverleaf Infrastructure
Adam Browning
EVP Policy and Communications
Forum Mobility
Adam Klauber
VP Sustainability and Digital Supply Chain
World Energy
Adam Langton
Connected eMobility, Energy Services
BMW
Adam Shalapin
Director of Global Sustainability
Ball Corporation
Alessandro Baccini
Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer
Chloris Geospatial
Alex Behar
Principal
Buoyant Ventures
Alex Menotti
VP, Government Affairs, Policy, and Sustainability
LanzaJet
Alex Wilkins
Climate Impact and Regeneration Portfolio Associate
Cisco
Alexa Branco
Director of Sustainability
NFI
Alexia Bednarz
Head of Sustainability
Nikola
Ali Javidan
Founder and CEO
Range Energy
Alicia Karspeck
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
[C]Worthy
Aly Bryan
Investor, Ventures Group
Closed Loop Partners
Amanda von Almen
Senior Director, Emissions Reduction
Salesforce
Amelia DeLuca
Chief Sustainability Officer
Delta Air Lines
Amir Shiner
CEO
RepAir Carbon
Amy Malaki
Head of Policy and Sustainability
SkyNRG
Andre de Fontaine
Senior Director
Center for Green Market Activation
Andre Duurvoort
Sr. Director Energy & Sustainability
JLL
Andrea Adams
Director, GHG Verification and Voluntary Audit
EcoEngineers
Andrew Beebe
Managing Director
Obvious Ventures
Andrew Chen
Principal
RMI
Andrew Peterman
Angela Son
Founder
The Green Launchpad
Anita Schwartz
President
Circularity Consulting
Anku Madan
Principal
Obvious Ventures
Annie Sartor
Aluminum Campaign Director
Industrious Labs
Anshuman Bapna
Founder
Terra.Do
Anton Root
Co-Founder and Head of Research
AlliedOffsets
Ari Kahn
Manager, Carbon-Free Transportation
RMI
Arman Shehabi
Staff Scientist
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Arun Gupta
Founder & CEO
Skyven Technologies
Athar Zaidi
Senior Vice President & General Manager Business Line, Power ICs and Connectivity Systems
Infineon
Austin Hwang
Sr. Principal
Honda Xcelerator Ventures
Bee Hui Yeh
Climate Strategy & Solutions
Patch
Ben Samways
Director of Project Development
Antora Energy
Beth Sasfai
Partner
Cooley
Bonnie Lei
Principal, Climate Intelligence - Carbon Markets
RMI
Bonnie Nixon
Director of Sustainability
Long Beach Container Terminal
Brandon Middaugh
Sr. Director, Climate Innovation Fund
Microsoft
Brent Ridley
Technology to Market Advisor
ARPA-E
Bret Turner
Head of Project Finance, Business Development and Innovation,
Silicon Valley Bank
Brian Janous
Chief Strategy Officer
Cloverleaf Infrastructure
Briana Kobor
Head of Energy Market Innovation
Google
Brianne Cangelose
Manager, Climate Aligned Industries
RMI
Bryn Baker
Senior Director for Policy and Market Innovation
CEBA
Caitlin Odom
Analyst, Grid Deployment Office (GDO)
US Department of Energy
Carie Davis
Principal, Corporate Engagement
Third Derivative
Carly Filler
Chief Commercial Officer
Gage Zero
Cassie Snow
Corporate Sustainability Manager
MGM Resorts International
Charles van der Steene
Regional President for North America
Maersk
Cheryl Contee
CEO
The Impact Seat Foundation
Cheshta Balwani
Clean Transportation & Distributed Energy Solutions Architect
Black & Veatch
Chris Dowd
Investor
Collaborative Fund
Chris Wedding
Founder
Entrepreneurs For Impact
Christian Butzlaff
Chief Sustainability Solution Architect
SAP
Courtney Unruh
SAF & Sustainability Engagement Director
Alaska Airlines
Cyrus Wadia
CEO
Activate
Dan Baldi
National Head of Climate Tech,
Silicon Valley Bank
Dan Bowermaster
Sr. Program / Area Manager, Electric Transportation
EPRI
Daniel Howard
CEO
Quantum Energy
Daniela Zuloaga Romero
Associate - Risk and Resilience
Arup
David Antonioli
Founder
Transition Finance
David Huck
Managing Director, Sustainability
CPKC
Deepa Lounsbury
CEO
LabStart
Denise Melville
Head of Sustainability, BMW of North America
Diandra Angiello
Technology Innovation Policy Associate Fellow
The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)
Dilip Krishna
Managing Director
Deloitte
Dimitry Gershenson
CEO and Co-founder
Enduring Planet
Donna Colson
Mayor
City of Burlingame
Donna Lee
Co-founder
Calyx Global
Edwina McKechnie
Executive Vice President Corporate Engagement
Emergent / The LEAF Coalition
Elaine Hsieh
Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Infrastructure
U.S. Department of Energy
Elias Ayrey
Co-Founder, Head Scientist
Renoster
Elizabeth Rubin
Senior Director, ESG Controller, Strategy and Operations
Pure Storage
Ella Parekh
Sustainability Analyst
MetLife
Ellie Bidwell
Energy & Climate, Sr. Associate
Harrison Street Real Estate
Emanuele Francesco Pecora
Liftoff Enabling Programs Manager
Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (U.S. DOE)
Emilie Mazzacurati
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Tailwind
Emily Kirsch
Founder & CEO
Powerhouse Ventures
Emily Rogers
Manager, First Gigaton Captured
Third Derivative
Emily Urban Cordeiro
Technical Director, Sustainability
FoodChain ID
Eric Hsieh
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Storage
US Department of Energy
Eric Law
Co-founder & CEO
Urban Machine
Eric Nguyen
Chief Product Officer
WattTime.org
Erik Hansen
Chief Sustainability Officer
Workday
Erika Basham
Director, Investment + Product Strategy
Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund
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Erika La Plante
Head of MRV & Environmental Impact Assessment, Co-Founder
Equatic
Erika Myers
Executive Director
CharIN North America
Erin Augustine
Senior Director, Operations and Supply Chain Sustainability
Oatly
Erin Callahan
Director of Corporate Engagement
RMI
Etosha Cave
Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer
Twelve
Eugene Kirpichov
Co-Founder, Executive Director
Work on Climate
Evette Ellis
Co-Founder & Chief People Officer
ChargerHelp!
Faraz Ahmad
Operations Manager
Amazon
Gabe Klein
Executive Director
Joint Office of Energy and Transportation
Gillian Lui
Sustainability Manager
REI
Gina Ciganik
Chief Executive Officer
Habitable
Grant Harrison
Vice President, Sustainable Finance & ESG
Trellis Group
Grayson Shor
Critical Minerals and Battery Circularity Expert
Hannah Bebbington
Head of Development
Frontier
Hannah Hauptman
Senior Deployment Manager, Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC)
US Department of Energy
Heather Clancy
VP, Editor at Large,
Trellis Group
Heidi Frasure
Head of Sustainability
Green Standards
Henrik Holland
Global Head of Prologis Mobility
Prologis
Jake Mitchell
Senior Startup Programs Manager
Trellis Group
Jamila Yamani
Director, Climate & Energy
Salesforce
Janelle Kellman
Former Mayor Sausalito, Founder Center for Sea Rise Solutions, Candidate CA Lieutenant Governor
Center for Sea Rise Solutions
Japen Hollist
Head of Sustainability, Customer Advisory, North America
SAP
Jason Giffen
Vice President, Planning & Environment
Port of San Diego
Jeff Davidman
Vice President Government Affairs
Delta Air Lines
Jeff Erhardt
CEO
Mattiq
Jeff Frost
Practice Lead, Materials
Jeff St. John
Director of News and Special Projects
Canary Media
Jeff Summerson
Head of Product
Scope23
Jennifer Aurandt-Pilgrim
Vice President of R&D, Director of Innovation
Marquis Inc
Jennifer Jenkins
Chief Science Officer
Rubicon Carbon
Jessie Hammerling
Co-Director, Green Economy Program
UC Berkeley Labor Center
Jigar Shah
Director, Energy Services
Electrify America
Jo Katchinoff
Co-Founder and CEO
CREW Carbon
Joe Árvai
Director, Wrigley Institute for Environment & Sustainability
University of Southern California
Joel Cesare
Head of Green Cities
BlocPower
Joel Makower
Chairman & Co-founder
GreenBiz Group
Johanna Wassermann
Innovation Manager
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)
John Galloway
Associate Director, Net-Zero Strategy
Anthesis
John Holler
Senior Fellow, Low-Carbon Fuels and Transportation
The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)
John Holm
Senior Vice President, Partnership Development
Pyxera Global
John O'Neill
Technology Manager
US Department of Energy
Jonathan Colbert
Vice President of Marketing
Voltera
Jordan Kanis
Managing Director, Climate Technology and Sustainability
Silicon Valley Bank
Joseph Ellsworth
Head of Business Development for Carbon Solutions
Boeing
Julia Attwood
Industrial Decarbonization Specialist
Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF)
Julia Reichelstein
Co-Founder and CEO
Vaulted Deep
Julia Strong
Executive Director
Symbiosis Coalition
Julie Thompson
Vice President of Commercial & Industrial Origination
Hydrosto
Justin Herman
VP and CIO
Panasonic Energy of North America
Katherine Blunt
Reporter
The Wall Street Journal
Katheryn Scott
Project Manager, Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations
U.S. Department of Energy
Katie Clasen
Principal
Prelude Ventures
Katie Fehrenbacher
Climate Deals Reporter
Axios
Katie Sullivan
Managing Director
IETA
Kelley Kizzier
Director of Corporate Action and Markets
Bezos Earth Fund
Kelly Fleming
Associate Director, Clean Energy
Federation of American Scientists
Kerene Tayloe
US Department of Energy
Associate Director, The Office of Community Engagement
Kerry Bowie
Browning the Green Space
Co-Founder, President, and Executive Director
Kerry Skemp
Program Communications
Joint Office of Energy and Transportation
Kevin Miller
Senior Advisor
Joint Office of Energy and Transportation
Kim-Mai Cutler
Partner
Initialized Capital
Kristen Duda
Director of Sustainability
PwC
Kristyn Rankin
Lachlan Wright
Manager, Climate Intelligence
RMI
Lara Pierpoint
Managing Director
Trellis Climate
Laura Dyer
Principal
Buoyant Ventures
Leah Garden
Staff Writer, Journalist
Trellis Group
Leif Gonzales-Kramer
Co-Founder and CEO
Working Trees
Leigh Madeira
Co-Founder and Head of Investments
Ponterra
Limor Spector
President, Ventures
GE Vernova
Lindsay Baker
CEO
International Living Future Institute
Lindsay Brewer
Associate
Covington & Burling, LLP
Lisa Mullings
President & CEO
NATSO
Logan Goldie-Scot
Director of Research
Generate Capital
Luke Connell
CEO and Co-Founder
CarbonRun
Maaz Haider
Manager Electric Truck Transition
Environmental Defense Fund
Magnus Drewelies
Founder and CEO
Ceezer
Marcela Mulholland
Deputy Director of Partnerships
Carbon Removal Alliance
Marcus Hopper
Northwest Regional Design Management Leader
Gensler
Maria Gallucci
Senior Reporter
Canary Media
Mark Chen
National Carbon Manager
Skanska
Mary Yap
Co-Founder and CEO
Lithos Carbon
Mathilda Akintayo
Investor
ArcTern Ventures
Matt LeDucq
Co-Founder & CEO
Forum Mobility
Matthew Plante
Co-Founder and President
Voltus
Maura Maguire
Sustainability Expert, Strategy and Transformation
Quantis
Maurissa Brown
Transportation Equity Program Manager
The Greenlining Institute
Megan Kalsman
Special Advisor for Environmental Implementation
US Environmental Protection Agency
Mel Shank
Senior Analyst - Supply Chain and Corporate Environmental Impact
Patagonia
Melissa Bauer
ESG and Sustainability Strategy Lead
eBay
Melissa Zimmerman
Director of Commercial Strategy
Constellation Energy
Michael AuBuchon
Managing Director of Fuel Strategy & Management
Southwest Airlines
Michael Dreibelbis
Counsel
Latham & Watkins
Michael Leitch
Senior Technical Lead
XPRIZE Carbon Removal
Michele Demers
CEO
Boundless Impact
Mike Mattera
Director of Corporate Sustainability & ESG Officer
Akamai
Mike Winterfield
Founder and Managing Partner
Active Impact Investments
Molly Aeck
Vice President Customer Solutions
Georgia Power Company
Nancy Young
Chief Sustainability Officer
Gevo
Nicholas Johnson
CEO
Orange Charger
Nicole Kelner
Artist
Arts and Climate Change
Nikki Batchelor
Executive Director
XPRIZE Carbon Removal
Noah Deich
Senior Advisor
U.S. Department of Energy
Noelani Derrickson
Public Policy and Business Development
Tesla
Olya Irzak
CEO
Frost Methane Labs
Ongeleigh Underwood
Managing Director
Circular Carbon Network
Patrick Molloy
Principal with the Climate-Aligned Industries Program
RMI
Paul Farnan
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment)
U.S. Department of Defense
Pavan Katte
Head of North America Maintenance, Utilities and ESG
Kraft Heinz
Peter Temes
President
ILO Institute
Phoebe Zhang
Director, Venture Investments
DivcoWest Ventures
Pradeep Tagare
Head of Investments
National Grid Partners
Rachel Schwalbach
Vice President, ESG
C.H. Robinson
Rahul Barua
Director of Climate Finance Innovation
Salesforce
Randy Spock
Carbon Credits and Removals Lead
Google
Renay Loper
Clinical Professor, Organizational Leadership MBA in Sustainability
Bard College
Reva Deshpande
Energy Technology Researcher
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Richard Martin
Executive Editor
Trellis Group
Rick Mihelic
Director of Emerging Technologies
NACFE
Robert Ott
VP of Origination
NRG Energy
Ross McKenzie
Senior Vice President Corporate Affairs and Business Development - Carbon Removals
Drax Group
Ruth Checknoff
Project and Research Director
Renewable Thermal Collaborative (RTC)
Ryan Gilliam
CEO and Co-Founder
Fortera
Saba Takidar
Sr. Commercial Sustainability Partner
Maersk
Sabin Ray
Investor
Ecosystem Integrity Fund
Sam Brundrett
Environmental Lead
Etsy
Sam Crum
Director of Membership
Greentown Labs
Samia Qader
Climate Tech Investor
Climate Tech 360
Sara Neff
Head of Sustainability
Lendlease
Sarah Baker
Staff Scientist
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Sarah Martinez
Vice President, ESG,
Prime Data Centers
Sarah Mouriño
Senior Director, Sustainability - Americas
DP World
Sarah Toth
Senior Associate
RMI
Sassan Saatchi
Founder and CEO
CTrees
Saul Griffith
Rewiring America
Shaandiin Cedar
Senior Associate
Powerhouse Ventures
Shalini Vajjhala
Executive Director
PRE Collective
Shayle Kann
Partner
Energy Impact Partners
Shengyuan Su
Director, Sustainability
Zendesk
Shreya Dave
Co-founder & CEO
Via Separations
Simone Schenkel
Manager, Resilient Foods and Forests
Environmental Defense Fund
Siva Vankineni
Sr. Global Transportation Manager
Google
Sotiria Anagnostou
Board Member
AZ CleanTech
Stacy Noblet
Vice President, Transportation Electrification
ICF Climate Center
Stacy Smedley
Executive Director
Building Transparency
Steve Meller
CEO
CH4 Global
Steven Mandel
Partner
TPG Rise Climate
Steven Rothstein
Managing Director, Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets
Ceres
Stuart Goldsmith
Climate Comedian
Comedy Insights
Sumreen Rattan
Co-Founder & COO
Moment Energy
Susan Gladwin
Senior Advisor, Loan Programs Office
U.S. Department of Energy
Susanne Fratzscher
Vice President, Strategic Solutions
Sol Systems
Suzanne Lindsay-Walker
Vice President, Sustainability
Novelis, Inc.
Suzanne Shelton
Founder of Shelton Group and Senior Partner,
ERM Shelton
Svenja Telle
Director, Project Origination
Base Carbon
Tim Hansen
Founder and CEO
350Solutions
Tiya Gordon
Co-Founder/COO
itselectric
Toby Janson-Smith
Chief Program Development & Innovation Officer
Verra
Tom Montag
CEO
Rubicon Carbon
Tracy Slaybaugh-Mitchell
Director of Resilience and Climate Adaptation
RTI International
Uuganbayar Otgonbaatar
Director, Technology Strategy, Grants & Partnerships
Constellation Energy
Vanessa Chan
Chief Commercialization Officer and Director of the Office of Technology Transitions
U.S. Department of Energy
Vanessa Miler-Fels
VP Climate and Environment
Schneider Electric
Vartan Badalian
Director, EV Policy & Programs
Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE)
Vihann Kong
Senior Executive Director
Ampion
Vijay Sudan
Principal Consultant, Carbonara Climate
Will Glazener
Co-Founder & COO
Terralytiq
Will Turner
SVP, Center for Natural Climate Solutions & Senior Scientist
Conservation International
Yue Qui
Director, Business Advisory, Net Zero Transformation
EcoAct
Yuhau Lin
Vice President, Environmental Commodities
Morgan Stanley
Zara Ahmed
Director of Policy and Science Operations
Carbon Direct